{"id":17482,"date":"2016-01-21T12:51:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T18:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=17482"},"modified":"2016-01-21T12:52:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T18:52:49","slug":"thursday-news-and-official-moody-ques-2016-sponsor-packet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/21\/thursday-news-and-official-moody-ques-2016-sponsor-packet\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday news and official Moody Ques 2016 sponsor packet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From time to time I have mentioned my BBQ team, the Moody Ques, that competes in BBQ Fest (World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest) during Memphis in May. We compete in one of the &#8220;big three&#8221; divisions, pork shoulder. Since the first year we have been known for throwing a great party, with four consecutive top-three placements in Best Booth, including two firsts. This year, our goal is to make our competition meat as good as our party. We have purchased a new smoker, we have cooked for two fundraisers for the Memphis Farmers Market, and our pitmaster, president, and vice-president have attended the festival&#8217;s judging school. We plan to cook in two regional cooking competitions in April to get our cook team ready for the &#8220;main event&#8221; in May. We are seeking a sponsor for 2016; not just a company who writes a check and has people show up, but who wants to be part of this experience <i>with<\/i> us. To see what we have to offer, click the link below to download our sponsor packet (PDF). We can also send you a hard copy; email moodyques@gmail.com to request one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MoodyQuesSponsorPacket.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Moody Ques 2016 Sponsor Packet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for the Memphis metro for tomorrow: Andrew Kozak says it best in this tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Memphis?src=hash\">#Memphis<\/a>: Blame it on the weatherman. If U work in any non-essential business, close the office tomorrow. Just my advice. Roads will be bad!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Kozak TV (@AndrewKozakTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKozakTV\/status\/690167373555458048\">January 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Follow @KrogerBread for updates from the Kroger bread aisle during this winter storm. Updates on milk too.<\/p>\n<p>The winter weather means that for once, Delta has a legitimate excuse for its flights being late or canceled. If you are traveling to a cities in the Northeast this weekend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/blog\/morning_call\/2016\/01\/delta-issues-winter-weather-advisory-fee-dropped.html\">you may be eligible to reschedule your flight without a fee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Orpheum is having its next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/events\/detail\/dinneronstage_feburary2015\">Dinner on Stage<\/a> on Thursday, February 25. This is one of your first chances to sit down with new Orpheum president Brett Batterson and get to know him. There will be a cocktail reception, a tour of the theater, a short film about the theater&#8217;s history, Broadway trivia, Q&amp;A, and a three-course meal. $75 per person or $550 for a table of 8.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 14 years Downtown, and I&#8217;m still learning new things: Michael Donahue&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/entertainment\/food\/reviews\/best-bets-barbecued-shrimp-at-the-rendezvous-29a42516-17db-37a8-e053-0100007f8fe9-365986331.html\">Best Bet<\/a> this week is a dish I did not even know existed. You can call the Rendezvous a day in advance and order a 5-pound, massive skillet of BBQ shrimp that serves 4 to 12 people for $150. It&#8217;s been an off-menu item at the restaurant since the 1960s. Anyone want to get a group together and try this? It sounds really good.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the medical profession, @MemphisJobForce has been tweeting a lot of job openings today.<\/p>\n<p>Several times on this blog I have mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/carbunkletrumpet.wordpress.com\/\">Carbunkle Trumpet<\/a>, written by Robo, a Memphian who this summer moved with his wife to the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Robo is doing a series titled &#8220;Fellow Bloggers You Should Also Read&#8221; and today <a href=\"https:\/\/carbunkletrumpet.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/21\/fellow-bloggers-you-should-also-read-paul-ryburn\/\">I am featured<\/a>. Robo interviewed me about who I am and why I write this blog. Damn, I clearly needed to proofread my answers for typos a little better!<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Tigers men&#8217;s basketball team plays Cincinnati on ESPN2 tonight at 6. A road win at Cincy would look really good to the NCAA tournament committee. If not for the weather I would go down to Max&#8217;s Sports Bar to watch it, because Arkansas plays Kentucky on ESPN at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>However, given the weather, I am keeping it close to home tonight. I will lead off at the Silly Goose to watch the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From time to time I have mentioned my BBQ team, the Moody Ques, that competes in BBQ Fest (World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest) during Memphis in May. We compete in one of the &#8220;big three&#8221; divisions, pork shoulder. Since the first year we have been known for throwing a great party, with four consecutive top-three &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/21\/thursday-news-and-official-moody-ques-2016-sponsor-packet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday news and official Moody Ques 2016 sponsor packet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17482"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17485,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17482\/revisions\/17485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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